Death Toll From Explosion In Russian Building Up To 56

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November 19, 1996

MOSCOW — Rescuers pulled more bodies Monday from the wreckage of an apartment building that housed Russian border guards and their families, bringing the death toll from the weekend explosion to 56. One or more bombs may have been planted in the basement, officials said. Police detained a suspect, Russian reports said, but gave no details. The explosion destroyed at least 41 apartments in the building on the Caspian Sea in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan.